ESAC members enjoyed an enthralling panel session at the 2011 Conference in Fredericton entitled ‘Where Art and Environment Intersect’, where they had the chance to explore the complex interconnections between art and the natural world. This stimulation panel discussion took place at the University of New Brunswick Art Centre, where ESAC members experienced firsthand two exhibitions by Fredericton artist Deanna Musgrave, examining the nature of water in Tropos and Liquid Measure.
Noteworthy artists who participated in the session include: Deanna Musgrave, Jennifer Pazienza and Janice Wright Cheney.
Tropos (2010) by Deanna Musgrave
“Deanna Musgrave’s paintings are investigations into the juxtaposition of visual structures, which have an inherent suggestion of sound. Her paintings could be described as a synesthesic landscape in constant fluctuation.”
Summer 2009 by Jennifer Pazienza
“Pazienza’s paintings are born from a perceptual process that involves dissolving the body and re-integrating it with the landscape at an elemental level. Her aesthetic perceptions transcend material and place to lift the viewer to a rich reciprocal regard for the interconnections between matter and spirit, mind and the land.”
Four Coy Wolves (2010) by Janice Wright Cheney
“Janice Wright Cheney’s textile-based installations investigate the cultural and historical ideas that shape western understandings of nature. She is particularly interested in the ordering of nature in museums and textbooks, analyzing how nature is made safe and knowable by science.”